Printing and punching device



May 29, 1951 R. B. JOHNSON PRINTING AND PuNcHING DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1Filed Nov. 24, 1947 May 29, 1951 R. B. JOHNSON PRINTING AND PUNCHINGDEVICE 2 sheets-sheet z Filed Nov. 24, 1947 j EE A V lNvENToR l? B.JOH/VSO/V V ATTORNEY springS, said "se'cond 'sleeve 'being' adaptedtPatented May 29, 1951 York e 0.1 e"- ntion, 4New York, N.Y.,acorporat1on"fNew Application Noveniber 24, 1947, f'Serial'oi#ini-'7,7251

(alfieri-irre) 1 1'3` lahs. 'finie'. invention relai-'es te "feeeiaijifgdevices, and, more particularlyi'to `a device"having iaking'mechai'sm'or areerdpunchingmecha m, or both, and whereby any'orie'of sralfhaiacters may beselecte'd at JWill'aicl recorded.

Aiming the objects e'f"theinveiitioii"ie tet'cvidea recording devicehaving a mar ng Ar printing vi/heel V"vi'rhich eettable 'at'vvill t`-record upon any' desired"surface and Whiehv includes mechanism formaking and retaining a punched record ofthe 'character Selected on'"thepririti'iig 'wheei apen 'epeiann 'oi nie device "te eff-eet panting.

Another obte-et ef nieinveniieifnie-prenne inanipuiative devicehaviiigaii incieaieiaiid ieeerdiiig mechanism wiiieii-aie jseiten-1esiii-inmaneouslythrou'gh pressure Japplied by oper "rtlo thereby rendereffective for lreccprding a selectiefd character 'upon further'application f pressure to lthe device. y t I n Another YobjectV oftheminventioh is 'tofjpovi'de e. maiiipiuanve device including "threeieieseiiie tively settabl'efvvith lthe settingoftlie indica Wheel andactuatable for perforating =a 1 corresponding tothe selected'icharacterupon el- 'ative movement of the second fand third sleevesAwith respect to the rs't or supportn'g'sleeve Other objects ofthepresent -inventinwillibe hereinafter set forth in theaccompanyingspecication and claims and demonstrated bythe drawings which show 'byWay of "illustration a preferred embodiment of the principle oftheinvention andthe best modeinlvvhich I have contemplated applying thatprinciple.

In the application vof `the inventionillustrated 'in the accompanyin-gdrawings, the i'nventiqn lis l embodied in a manipulative device havingaprinting lvvlieelrand a punch-actuator vvhvielnjijre, pable of being setto any one of a number of posi- [selected character flnism. The select:amaai "able j'slee s; a1 bas 2 ,Weens 'nwnienarieiiiieseiiiativeei"different grades or classesandthen heoperatedtopriiit e h dan `at`th'e "sanfe"tiierecr the seleetedjeliaaii'perfrat'ed reim and iiii accordane With a"eetvhieh"is'epresrtatve theselected `characte "fr `reference.

U'fjrhe deviee fis' iisefn "frv .Iii'rijitiiig a' Yiaiiirg"en s M diorbtfh'er 'applications different articles and :recorded y Wlchthepapers 1 and "has resillent'en'ds The manipulative sleeve isprovided with a shelf 24 which is xed with respect to the sleeve andconstitutes a seat for the lower end of a spring 25, Figs. 1 and 2. Theupper end of the spring bears against a pin 26 which is staked to thesleeve II. The sleeves and I2 are normally extended outwardly withrespect to one another as illustrated in Fig. 1 by the action of spring25.

One end of a spring 21 within the sleeve I2 bears against the undersideof the shelf 24 and the other end bears against the spring clip I5.Spring 21 normally holds and supports sleeve I2 in extended relationshipwith respect to sleeve ID.

The elasticity of each of the springs 25 and 21 is such that when manualforce is applied to the sleeve to move the sleeve with reference to thesleeve I2 for selecting a character, the sleeve I2 will remain sucientlyextended with respect to the sleeve IIJ for permitting the selection ofany of all of the available characters before the sleeve I2 is fullycollapsed with respect to the sleeve I6 and recording is effected.

The inner sleeve I2 carries extensions or legs |3 and I4 at its upperand lower ends respectively. Legs I3 and I4 carry racks 28 and 29 fromwhich the indicating wheel and the printing wheel 3| are respectivelyoperated. The indicating and printing wheels are mounted on the sleeveII. When the sleeve Il is moved relatively to the sleeve I2, the rack 28drives a pinion 32 which is staked to a shaft 33. Shaft 33 is mounted inbearings in the sleeve II and carries a gear 34 which meshes with apinion 35 on shaft 36 to which the indicating wheel 3|] is attached. Acover 31 is provided at the upper end of sleeve II and has an opening 38through which a selected indicia on wheel 36 may be observed.

For selecting a desired indicia the operator presses sleeve IIdownwardly against the action of spring 25 and this causes therelatively stationary rack 28 to rotate the indicating wheel 36 inproportion to the downward travel of the sleeve with a respect to thesleeve I2. The sleeve is provided with a spring finger 39 having alaterally extending lip 40 which may be pressed by the operator throughan opening 4I in the sleeve Il. The inner sleeve I2 is provided on itsexterior with a series of grooves 42 which correspond in number to thenumber of char- .acters or indicia on the indicating wheel 30.

When the sleeve is pressed downwardly and the desired character appearsat opening 38 the` operator presses spring nger 39 to engage the' lip 40with a groove 42 corresponding to the character selected. This actionhas the effect of locking together sleeves II and I2 as shown in Fig. 2.

The printing wheel 3| is fastened to a shaft 43 which is mounted forrotation in the lower end of sleeve II. As sleeve is moved from itsupper extended position, Fig. 1, to a selected lower position asillustrated in Fig. 2, the printing Il G wheel 3| is rotated aproportionate amount whereby a selected character is positioned inprinting position. This is accomplished by a train of gears including apinion 44, gear 45 and a pinion 46, the latter being staked to shaft 43.Pinion 44 and gear 45 are mounted on a stud shaft 41 which is supportedby sleeve II. As sleeve descends during the character-setting operation,pinion 44 is rotated as it travels over the relatively stationary rack29 on the lower leg I4 of the sleeve I2. The characters on the wheel 3|may be for either dry or wet marking. In the latter case an inking padis suitably mounted on the sleeve II to apply ink to the characters onthe wheel.

After the indicating wheel 3D and the marking wheel 3| have been set aspreviously described, printing may be effected upon a surface 48 againstwhich the supporting sleeve I6 is pressed. With the sleeve and thesleeve I2 locked together as illustrated in Fig. 2, the application ofadditional pressure on the sleeve will cause the racks 28 and 29 to becarried downwardly against the action of spring 21 until the selectedindicia on the printing wheel 3| is brought against the surface 48, asillustrated in Fig. 3.

The setting of the printing wheel also effects setting of a pin-boxactuator 49 which is rotatably mounted upon a stud shaft 50, carried bya slide 5|. Slide 5| is held against a plate 52 by a guide 53 which isfastened to the plate. The plate 52 is secured to the sleeve II bywelding along its longitudinal edges. A gear 54, fixed to shaft 43,meshes with gear 55 which selectively positions the pin-box actuator 49,in accordance with the setting on the printing wheel 3|.

The actuator 49 constitutes a code wheel having a plurality of discswith teeth 56 extending therefrom in predetermined sectors about theseveral discs. Any desired number of discs may be provided and the teethmay be arranged thereon in accordance with any desired code. Forexample, for recording ten ordinals, ve discs may be used, one for eachof five ordinals, each disc being divided into ten equal sectors. Withthe discs arranged in the order of ordinals 1, 2, 0, 1 and 5, the rstdisc may have teeth in sectors 1, 3 and 4 for recording a value of oneThe second disc may have teeth in sectors 2, 3 and 4 for recording avalue of twoj The third disc may have teeth in all ten sectors to assurea continuous row of perforations in the tape whereby the tape may bedriven and to record a value of zero in the sector which is devoid ofteeth on the other discs. The fourth disc representing the value of onemay have teeth in sectors 4, 6 and 9 and the fifth disc representing thevalue of five may have teeth in sectors 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Thus, when theactuator 49 has been set to record a code value for six, the third,fourth and fifth discs will present teeth in a common sector forengaging the three right hand pins in pin-box 51, as illustrated in Fig.3.

The pin-box 51 is supported from a bracket 58 which is fastened to plate52 and has two lugs 59 and 66 extending laterally therefrom. Each of thepins 6| has a U-bend 62, as best seen in Fig. 5, with one end anchoredin lug 59 and its other end spring-pressed against lug 60. The pins areselectively actuated upwardly through holes in lugs 59 and 66 each timethe agarrar "actuator 9 is A'i'aisefl as "will lbeiexplainedffhremaar Yt ,l

"Ine taper scupon wnicifftnefprfcratedfrecord is maaemis drawn nom af'sippiy spool es which is mounted on stud Lvshaft 64. Ilfie spool isfrictionally restrained "from over-rolling by a4 spider spring 65.TapefZf-tl isY drawn-from spool 63 'and 'over a Cylindrical"platen'tiwhic'hisfreely "rotat'able onstudshaft 67.7 Thefplatenjhasagroove 68 opposite each of Ethe` perforatingfpins "'sl 'to permit-tnejpassage of thefpins through the tape. From the `platenjjl'i thetaper-passes between a tape-advancing roller tG9 Land a j' springpressed roller l0. v"Thetape'-advancing roller'fg is'fxe'd to Yarotatables'haft'I-l" and-alias alseries of radially extendinglpegsf2 Lwhich-1' engage the series.1 f ZeroA perforations nin tiietap'e andeX-tend through the tape into 'fa circumferential v'grofovefin thespring-pressed"roller 10. l

"The perforated y"tape -`isimillected on a 'spool i3T3 lwhich isremovablyv mountedf'cn' the stud shaft T4. `vSpool' T3 islfrictionally`l driven yfrom/a spring 15 lwhich `has fastenedftoV itlaratchet-wheel "15. The several Vstud shaftsf 654,-5T1andim; the`-spring- Vpressedy roller 1U and :the: rotatable lshaft-"11 *are mountedon plate 52.

As'explained in the "foregoing the pin actuator 4'9 is set in'accordance-with the setting -f Lthe indicating and printing wheels.Wheni'p'r'inting isto be eiiectedthe:sleevesI il and vl2 fto- "'gethe'rare: moved downwardly A:with lrespect to 'the Vsupporting sleeve "I04whose lower Lend ris "pressed vagainst 'theirsrface yH3-'on which'theprinting is to befma'de. jThecodewperiorating operation is carried outas the selected character on the printing wheelicohie'sintocontactwithfsurfa'ce "48' in the manner l'illustratedf iii-Fig. 3.This-"isiaccomplish'ed 'by-th'efactuation-of the-slide 5l which issupnortedfrointhefplate 572. Y -The "slide has an Aopening-"`"|l'*`fo'ri accommodating-the :shaft 43 jwhereby 'the ilo/wer f end'fo'f fthe' slidef-is guided. The lengthfitheopeni'ng 7 '1 is such as todetermine :thellower: and fu'pp'er limits-of permissible 'travel oftheslide.

yThe 'slide-5| Iis vnormally urged ltoiitslower'- *most position, asbesft `illustrated :1in Fi`gs -4a1`id 5, 'byjalsprin'g T8 which-restsab'racket i143, 'carried by the slide,and--bearsat'its upper-'lendagainst the lug 60. l'-Vifhen fthe" lower endldf slee-ve II fisapproaching itsflow'rm'ost point of ft'ravel "towards aprintirigsurfacei-M,lthe footiBcI-of the "slide 5I isfbrougfht-irito-cotact'with 'the surface, l"whereupon vthe Aslide is displacedlupwardly against the action of tha-spring ."iSlas shownvin LFigrS.jSlide-5l carriesth'epinAactuator-49 `upf-'wardly and thepreviously'positioned 'teeth 456 "cause jcerta'in of' the code *pins'126i 'to' be advanced 'through the tape. During this movement of theactuator the meshing relationship off'gear's 5'4 *and 55remainsunchanged. yThetape'fis-fadfv'a'nced one step-iat la time eachtime the slide *5I is returned to '-normalip'osition 'by spr'ing--T "andfollowing theprforatingoperation.

The tape-'advancing roller'- 69 andthe winding spool 13 varerotated'fduring-the restoring fmovement 'of slicleda'V I. jIhe`\tape-advancing l"roller V69 'is mounted on shaft 1,1 I which 'isdriven f through the ratchet wheelflrbyapawllZ. "--Pawl- 82 isl"pivotally' mounted 'fon -'slideflU and?? held against "the "ratchetywheel -L-by Ispring v'-82-3. `A spring lto- 'pressed stopmemberf'lffpivotally'mountedi on winding of theftapeabodtfspoolflefthroughflthe action of spring 15 each-`tirnethe slidelldescends.ffSpo'lsBS and5131may be removed"`fromftheir 'shafts throughwindowZZlbyremoving screws v86 Q81 and the retaining Awashers r` wheneverit isdesired to remove vand 'replenish the' tape.

While the -`invention zhas v been described lin connection withoneiorm'of construction it `is apparent that -vari'ous Ichanges may be madeWithinflthe scope of the following `claims as vfor ixarnpletheutilization ofthefprinciples involved in 'a marking or printinginstrument exclusive o'irec'r'd punching mechanism, or the provisionVofffafwindow Ythrough @the 'manipulative sleeve 'through which'may beobserved'fa charact'erf'of fafseries of'characters-inscribed.on sleeve-I'2 for iridicatirigf the selected relationship fof the two sleeves.

1.*Ina-device of Vthe class described, marking imea'ns, cooperatingsetting means constructed 'andarranged to fset a'selec'ted characteronsaid marking meanssaid setting means including two relatively:movable'fmembers one oi said members Icarrying said marking meansv andthe other of "said'members carrying anactuator for said mark-"ingfmeans'whereby sadmarking means issellectively settable'for markinga character which `isfselected in accordance with the displacementA'ofone of Y'said members with respect to the-other, 'locking meanscarried bysaids'ettable means and 'adapted to lock the twomemberstogether in any one of several adjusted positions with resp'ecttoeachother, record advancing 'fmeans and record punching'means carriedby'said setting means, ta' punch actuator for actuating said punchingmeans, said punch actuator being slideably 'mounted on said settingmeans and 'settable in :accordance 1with the setting of said markingvvmeans and proportional 'to the relative displacement of said members,supporting means attached to said setting means and adapted to'be:placed againsta marking surface to supportsaid setting means,saidisupporting means including a'spring normally effective for holdingsaid setting :means with said marking means and said punch actuator innon-:functioning positions fand adapted to be `'flexed to eiiect markingon a, surface'at 4the baseiof said supporting means, and A`meansfor'moving said. punch actuator to actuate "said punch recording 'meanson movement of 'said setting lmeans relative to said supporting lmeans.

2. In a device ofthe class described, a manipu- `lative'sleeve, anindicator and a recording device carriedby saidsleevaa second sleevetelescopically fitting 'within said manipulative sleeve,"ni'eans'carried'by said second sleeve for setting said indicator'a'ndsaid'rec'ording device, Va third AsleeveV in-telescopic engagement withsaid manipulative sleeve, meansincluding a spring io'r normallysupporting said second sleeve in extended relationship with reference tosaid third Esleeve, means including a second spring for normallysupporting saidmanipulative sleeve in extend-ed relationship withreference to said second fsleeve, said second spring `being responsiveto vlforce for moving said manipulative sleeve relatively to saidsecond-sleeve for setting said indircatorfand'said'recording device inproportion to lthefla'mount of relative movement between saidrhaipulativefand second sleeves, and means forfc5ispivotauymountedfonsliueial'fand-erfectsftneiig;Hocking jtogetherSaid manipulative sle'eve'and said second sleeve in any one of severalpositions with respect to each other.

3. In a device of the class described, a manipulative sleeve, indicatingand marking wheels carried by said sleeve, a second sleevetelescopically itting within said manipulative sleeve, means carried bysaid second sleeve for setting said indicating and marking wheels, athird sleeve in telescopic engagement with said manipulative sleeve,means including a spring for normally supporting said second sleeve inextended relationship with reference to said third sleeve, meansincluding a second spring for normally supporting said manipulativesleeve in extended relationship with reference to said second sleeve,said second spring being responsive to force for moving saidmanipulative sleeve relatively to said second sleeve for setting saidindicating and marking wheels in proportion to the amount of relativemovement between said manipulative and second sleeves, and means forlocking together said manipulative sleeve and said second sleeve in anyone of several positions with respect to each other.

4. In a device of the class described, a manipulative sleeve, anindicator, a marking wheel, a recording punch device, said indicator,marking wheel and recording punch device being carried by saidmanipulative sleeve, a punch actuator slideably mounted on saidmanipulative sleeve, a second sleeve telescopically fitting within saidmanipulative sleeve, means carried by said second sleeve for settingsaid indicator, marking device and punch actuator, a third sleeve intelescopic engagement with said manipulative sleeve, means including aspring for normally supporting said second sleeve in extendedrelationship with respect to said third sleeve, means including a secondspring for normally supporting said manipulative sleeve in extendedrelationship with respect to said second sleeve, said second springbeing responsive to force for moving said manipulative sleeve relativelyto said second sleeve for setting said indicator, said marking wheel andsaid punch actuator in desired positions proportional to the amount ofrelative movement between said manipulative sleeve and said secondsleeve, and means for locking together said manipulative sleeve and saidsecond sleeve in any one of several positions with respect to each otherso as to enable movement of said manipulative sleeve and said secondsleeve relatively to said third sleeve against the action of said rstspring for eiecting marking by said marking wheel, and actuation of saidpunch actuator.

5. In a device oi the class described, a manipulative sleeve, anindicator, a recording punch device, said indicator and recording punchdevice being carried by said manipulative sleeve, a punch actuatorslideably mounted on said manipulative sleeve, a second sleevetelescopically fitting within said manipulative sleeve, means carried bysaid second sleeve for setting said indicator and punch actuator, athird sleeve in telescopic engagement with said manipulative sleeve,means including a spring for normally supporting said second sleeve inextended relationship with respect to said third sleeve, means includinga second spring for normally supporting said manipulative sleeve inextended relationship with respect to said second sleeve, said secondspring being responsive to force for moving said manipulative sleeverelatively to said second sleeve for setting said indicator and saidpunch actuator in desired positions proportional to the amount ofrelative movement g between said manipulative sleeve and said secondsleeve, and means for locking together said manipulative sleeve and saidsecond sleeve in any one of several positions with respect to each otherso as to enable movement of said manipulative sleeve and said secondsleeve relatively to said third sleeve against the action of said firstspring, and means constructed and arranged to operate said punchactuator into cooperation with said punch recording device.

6. In a device of the class described, three telescoping membersslidably engaged and normally held in extended relation with respect toeach other by resilient means, a marking device carried by the first ofsaid members, means carried by the second of said members for settingsaid marking device to mark a character whose selection is determinedbyand proportional to the relative displacement between said first andsecond members, the tension in said resilient means being partiallyovercome when said first and second members are moved relative to eachother for setting said marking device, and locking means for engagingthe first and second of said members after the same have been displacedwith respect to each other for the selection of a character on saidmarking device, said locking means including an element carried by thefirst of said members and an element carried by the second of saidmembers and engageable by the other element, said first and said secondof said members. when locked together, being displaceable as ,a unitwith respect to said third member for efecting marking by said markingdevice when the extending effect of said resilient means is overcome bymanipulative effort.

7. In a device of the class described, a pair of slidably engagedmembers, resilient means for normally holding said members in extendedrelation with respect to each other, a marking device carried by one ofsaid members and means carried by the other of said members for movingsaid marking device proportionally to the movement of said members withrespect to each other against the action of said resilient means, arecording device carried by one of said members, said recording deviceincluding punching mechanism and punch-selecting means, means forsetting said punch-selecting means proportionally to the movement ofsaid members with respect to each other, means for holding said pair ofmembers in an adjusted position at which said marking device and saidpunch-selecting means are displaced to predetermined positions, a basemember slidably engaged with one of saidl pair of members, resilientmeans normally holding said base member in extended relation withrespect to said pair of members, said last-named resilient means beingadapted to be overcome to collapse said pair of members with respect tosaid base member for effecting marking by said marking means when saidbase member is pressed against a surface, and means carried by said basemember for actuating said punch-selecting means to operate said punchingmechanism following engagement of said base member with the surfaceagainst which the base member is pressed.

8. In a device of the class described, a manipulative member, arecording device carried by said manipulative member, said recordingdevice including punching mechanism and punch-selecting means, a secondmember slidably engaged with said manipulative member, means carried bysaid second member for setting said punchselecting means, a third memberslidably engaged with said manipulative member, means including a springfor resiliently extending said second member with respect to said thirdmember, means including a second spring for resiliently extending saidmanipulative member with respect to said second member, said secondspring being responsive to force for moving said manipulative memberrelative to said second member for setting said punch-selecting meansproportional to the displacement of said manipulative member withrespect to said second member, means for locking together saidmanipulative member and said second member against the action of saidsecond spring after said punch-selecting means has been set bydisplacement of said manipulative member with respect to said secondmember, and means for actuating said punch-selecting means to actuatesaid punching mechanism during displacement of said locked-togethermanipulative member and second member relative to said third memberagainst the action of said first spring.

9. A device according to claim 8 including dial means settableproportional to the relative displacement between said manipulativemember and said second member and in accordance with a selected positionof said punch-selecting means.

10. A device according to claim 9 in which said dial means includeselements for marking characters.

11. A device according to claim 8 in which said punch-selecting means iscarried by a slide mounted on said manipulative member and said 10punching mechanism comprises a plurality of punches which areselectively actuated by said punch-selecting means.

12. A device according to claim 8 in which said punch-selecting meansincludes a plurality oi rotatable disks mounted on a slide which iscarried by said manipulative member and said punching mechanismcomprises a plurality of punches which are supported by saidmanipulative member, and including recording-tape supporting meansmounted on said manipulative member.

13. A device according to claim 8 in which said manipulative member,said second member and said third member comprise sleeves which aretelescopically engaged with respect to each other and are normally heldin extended positions by said rst and second springs.

REYNOLD B. JOHNSON.

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